CNC Lathe tool path generator
Posted by
David Speck
on 2005-07-10 09:37:37 UTC
List:
Are there any free or inexpensive programs that will accept a drawing of
the profile of a part to be lathe turned, or a list of coordinates of
feature endpoints, and output a sequence of G-code commands to control a
router based wood lathe to cut said part from a blank piece of stock?
I would like the program to account for different depths of cut in the
X+ and X- travel directions, and to properly handle rough cutting and a
final finish pass across the piece. If it had a feature to properly
handle spiral turning through a servo controller on the headstock, that
would be even better.
I started to code one of these a while ago in BASIC, but there must be
such a feature in some of the commercial CAM software. No point in
reinventing the wheel. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
Are there any free or inexpensive programs that will accept a drawing of
the profile of a part to be lathe turned, or a list of coordinates of
feature endpoints, and output a sequence of G-code commands to control a
router based wood lathe to cut said part from a blank piece of stock?
I would like the program to account for different depths of cut in the
X+ and X- travel directions, and to properly handle rough cutting and a
final finish pass across the piece. If it had a feature to properly
handle spiral turning through a servo controller on the headstock, that
would be even better.
I started to code one of these a while ago in BASIC, but there must be
such a feature in some of the commercial CAM software. No point in
reinventing the wheel. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
Discussion Thread
the_koyote666
2005-07-08 07:48:48 UTC
newbie in need of help
Robert Campbell
2005-07-08 08:08:35 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] newbie in need of help
stcnc2000
2005-07-10 08:04:49 UTC
Re: newbie in need of help
stcnc2000
2005-07-10 08:12:09 UTC
Re: newbie in need of help
David Speck
2005-07-10 09:37:37 UTC
CNC Lathe tool path generator
Andrey Lipavsky
2005-07-10 13:40:56 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: newbie in need of help
D Cranston
2005-07-10 13:46:16 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: newbie in need of help
Art Eckstein
2005-07-10 14:12:40 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: newbie in need of help
Andre Mann
2005-07-11 08:49:07 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC Lathe tool path generator
IMService
2005-07-11 09:42:55 UTC
Re: CNC Lathe tool path generator
stcnc2000
2005-07-11 19:53:34 UTC
Re: CNC Lathe tool path generator
stcnc2000
2005-07-11 19:58:56 UTC
Re: CNC Lathe tool path generator